First they destroyed masterpieces like Dukes of Hazzard and and I said nothing. Then they went after artistic triumphs like Starsky and Hutch and still I said nothing. But now that they're redoing a cartoon book about turtles that are ninjas, they have gone too far! My childhood is RUINED!

Rapmaster2000:First they destroyed masterpieces like Dukes of Hazzard and and I said nothing. Then they went after artistic triumphs like Starsky and Hutch and still I said nothing. But now that they're redoing a cartoon book about turtles that are ninjas, they have gone too far! My childhood is RUINED!

Actually, to get work like she still does with little to no talent, it may be a watermelon through a drinking straw.

ow! not sure if want?

I'm betting on the latter after seeing the "This is 40" promo with Triumph interviewing the stars of that movie. I'd bet cash that Megan had no idea what the fark was going on. She had such a brain dead expression on her face the whole time and I know she's not that good of an actress.

It's going to take place in Manhattan of course but there's a twist. After Donatello publicly kills himself and Leonardo falls deep into heroin addiction Michelangelo and Raphael step up and seek the help of SVU Detective Olivia Benson (played by Mariska Hargitay) and former SVU Detective Elliot Stabler (played by Christopher Elliot) to try and taken down the biggest pedo ever, Master Splinter.

SVU thought was Master Splinter was only a rumor until Michelangelo and Raphael spoke up. With the help of a bestiality trick turning reporting April O'Neill they will uncover a scandal that goes all the way to 1PP.

At least I think I read something like that...a detail or two might be off...

Jim from Saint Paul:Rapmaster2000: First they destroyed masterpieces like Dukes of Hazzard and and I said nothing. Then they went after artistic triumphs like Starsky and Hutch and still I said nothing. But now that they're redoing a cartoon book about turtles that are ninjas, they have gone too far! My childhood is RUINED!

Lt. Cheese Weasel:Jim from Saint Paul: Rapmaster2000: First they destroyed masterpieces like Dukes of Hazzard and and I said nothing. Then they went after artistic triumphs like Starsky and Hutch and still I said nothing. But now that they're redoing a cartoon book about turtles that are ninjas, they have gone too far! My childhood is RUINED!

I was probably a bigger fan of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles as a kid than all of you. As a grown up I don't give two shiats about it and am fairly certain if I went back and watched the old shows they'd be terrible. I did want to read this thread for the Michael Bay hate parade because we can all agree that while he's rich his legacy is a complete joke.

give me doughnuts:Can we take it back to when Eastman and Laird were still writing the comic? I don't want to sound like some kind of hipster douche-bag, but the Turtles were much better before they got turned into a kids' show with color-coded masks.

They still made cheesy puns and smart-assed wisecracks, but the comic was dark and gritty. The sword had an edge. The sais had points. The 'chuks and staff broke bones. The Shredder got a freakin' thermite grenade dropped down the back of his armor.

The original comics were a parody of the fads that then existed in comics - teenage superheroes, mutants, ninjas, and cute anthropomorphic animals. Of course, they transcended that and became big in their own right, but I'm not sure their original focus would really mean much to contemporary viewers.

fallingcow:browntimmy: As a grown up I don't give two shiats about it and am fairly certain if I went back and watched the old shows they'd be terrible.

Good, don't ever watch them again. They are terrible.

Some things have held up (Muppet Babies, Animaniacs). Some things haven't (David the Gnome, Turtles).

I can't imagine Animaniacs not holding up. I was told about it when I was a kid by my sister who was in college at the time. So the writing certainly aimed for a broader audience than the after school tween set that I was in back then.

It's going to take place in Manhattan of course but there's a twist. After Donatello publicly kills himself and Leonardo falls deep into heroin addiction Michelangelo and Raphael step up and seek the help of SVU Detective Olivia Benson (played by Mariska Hargitay) and former SVU Detective Elliot Stabler (played by Christopher Elliot) to try and taken down the biggest pedo ever, Master Splinter.

SVU thought was Master Splinter was only a rumor until Michelangelo and Raphael spoke up. With the help of a bestiality trick turning reporting April O'Neill they will uncover a scandal that goes all the way to 1PP.

At least I think I read something like that...a detail or two might be off...

If you could find a way to work the season 20 cast of Law and Order classic, and maybe Chris Noth, into this, it would be be the best thing ever.

/as it is, it's better than anything Michael Bay will ever have his name attached to.

skinink:Why is Megan Fox still doing cheesy action movies? Jodie Foster and Natalie Portman were acting in more serious movies when they were still teens. Megan needs to move on to better roles even if she's in a low budget indie.

Might be due to her pissing off Steven Spielberg once and maybe got black listed?

MmmmBacon:I thought TMNT was a dead project, after word spread of what Bay wanted to do to the franchise?

It was delayed indefinitely. Despite what you may have heard, indefinite is not synonymous with infinitely. Sadly they are now casting...At least Bay isn't directing. Just getting his producer juices all over it. The director is the captain of such films as:

Sergeant Grumbles:Come on.At least.... AT LEAST.... get an actual hot redhead to play April. There are more than enough for any kind of April you could write for.You do not need Megan Fox to slut up another movie. There are more than enough hot redheads who could produce just as much sexual attraction WITHOUT TRYING.

give me doughnuts:Can we take it back to when Eastman and Laird were still writing the comic? I don't want to sound like some kind of hipster douche-bag, but the Turtles were much better before they got turned into a kids' show with color-coded masks.

They still made cheesy puns and smart-assed wisecracks, but the comic was dark and gritty. The sword had an edge. The sais had points. The 'chuks and staff broke bones. The Shredder got a freakin' thermite grenade dropped down the back of his armor.

A group of people collectively known as America. Maybe you've heard of them.

Actually, one of the reasons that Hollywood product has been dumbed down over the last several decades is that the global market is increasingly important and often where movies become profitable. Big, dumb movies are most profitable across global markets so that's what investors bankroll. Example

This is not because foreign moviegoers are less sophisticated, it's because lowest-common-denominator films don't lose anything in translation; French indie movies are not well received in Russia.

So it's not any one culture's fault. Globalization has made the far-flung collective of least-demanding moviegoers the single most attractive audience for return on investment.

give me doughnuts:Can we take it back to when Eastman and Laird were still writing the comic? I don't want to sound like some kind of hipster douche-bag, but the Turtles were much better before they got turned into a kids' show with color-coded masks.

They still made cheesy puns and smart-assed wisecracks, but the comic was dark and gritty. The sword had an edge. The sais had points. The 'chuks and staff broke bones. The Shredder got a freakin' thermite grenade dropped down the back of his armor.